Alphomelon rostermoragai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Fig. 74A-E

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estacion Los Almendros, 11°01'56.14"N, 85°31'39.94"W, 290m; 28.XII.2011; ex. Vettius aurelius; coll. Elieth Cantillano; Voucher code: DHJPAR0049074; Host voucher code: 11-SRNP-23685.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Tigasis simplex and Vettius aurelius .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:ACB1223.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Roster Moraga in honor of his decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: white/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.6 mm. Fore wing length: 3.7 mm.